| Holodiscus dumosus (Nutt. ex Hook.) Heller Rockspirea USDA HODU |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of leaves or stems taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 88, 89 |
| Hydrocotyle poltata Po-he-po-he |
Hawaiian Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for diseases of the sexual organs. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 74 |
| Hymenoxys sp. |
Isleta Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of leaves used for gonorrhea. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 32 |
| Hypericum gentianoides (L.) B.S.P. Orangegrass USDA HYGE |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Milky substance used for venereal disease. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
| Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz St. Andrews Cross USDA HYHYH |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Milky substance used for venereal disease. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
| Hypericum perforatum L. Common St. Johnswort USDA HYPE |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Milky substance used for venereal disease. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 53 |
| Hypericum scouleri Hook. Scouler's St. Johnswort USDA HYSCS2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of tops taken over a long period of time for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 89 |
| Ipomopsis aggregata ssp. aggregata Skyrocket Gilia USDA IPAGA3 |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Simple or compound decoction of plant taken and used as a wash for gonorrhea and syphilis. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 76, 77 |
| Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta Ballhead Gilia USDA IPCOC3 |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used in many ways for venereal diseases. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 77-80 |
| Ipomopsis congesta ssp. congesta Ballhead Gilia USDA IPCOC3 |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used in many ways for venereal diseases. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 77-80 |
| Iris missouriensis Nutt. Rocky Mountain Iris USDA IRMI |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root used for gonorrhea. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 89, 90 |
| Iris missouriensis Nutt. Rocky Mountain Iris USDA IRMI |
Shoshoni Drug, Dermatological Aid Pulped root applied as a salve for venereal sores. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 89, 90 |
| Iris missouriensis Nutt. Rocky Mountain Iris USDA IRMI |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root taken for gonorrhea and root salve used for venereal sores. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 89, 90 |
| Iris versicolor L. Harlequin Blueflag USDA IRVE2 |
Delaware Drug, Venereal Aid Roots used for scrofula. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 36 |
| Juglans cinerea L. Butternut USDA JUCI |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Compound decoction taken as a blood purifier and for venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 295 |
| Juglans cinerea L. Butternut USDA JUCI |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of shoots taken as a laxative and for venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 295 |
| Juniperus communis L. Common Juniper USDA JUCOD |
Blackfoot Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of berries used for venereal diseases. Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 17 |
| Juniperus communis L. Common Juniper USDA JUCOD |
Blackfoot Drug, Venereal Aid Used for venereal diseases. Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 37 |
| Juniperus communis var. montana Ait. Common Juniper USDA JUCOM2 |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Cold decoction of twigs taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 91, 92 |
| Juniperus occidentalis Hook. Western Juniper USDA JUOCO |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of shaved root taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 92-96 |
| Juniperus occidentalis Hook. Western Juniper USDA JUOCO |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of twig or compound decoction of berry taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 92-96 |
| Juniperus occidentalis Hook. Western Juniper USDA JUOCO |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of twigs taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 92-96 |
| Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little Utah Juniper USDA JUOS |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of shaved root taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 93-96 |
| Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little Utah Juniper USDA JUOS |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of twig or compound decoction of berry taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 93-96 |
| Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little Utah Juniper USDA JUOS |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of twigs taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 93-96 |
| Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. Rocky Mountain Juniper USDA JUSC2 |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of twigs taken over a long period of time for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 92 |
| Kochia americana S. Wats. Greenmolly USDA KOAM |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Venereal Aid Plant used for venereal disease. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 21 |
| Krameria grayi Rose & Painter White Ratany USDA KRGR |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of root taken and used as a wash for gonorrheal eye infections and sores. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 96 |
| Lachnanthes caroliana (Lam.) Dandy Carolina Redroot USDA LACA5 |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction taken for venereal disease. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52 |
| Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch Tamarack USDA LALA |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction taken for gonorrhea. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 268 |
| Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch Tamarack USDA LALA |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound powder poultice 'put in bag, place penis in bag and tie around waist.' Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 268 |
| Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch Tamarack USDA LALA |
Malecite Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of bark, spruce bark and balsam bark used for gonorrhea. Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 257 |
| Larix laricina (Du Roi) K. Koch Tamarack USDA LALA |
Micmac Drug, Venereal Aid Bark used for gonorrhea. Chandler, R. Frank, Lois Freeman and Shirley N. Hooper, 1979, Herbal Remedies of the Maritime Indians, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1:49-68, page 58 |
| Larrea tridentata (Sess‚ & Moc. ex DC.) Coville Creosotebush USDA LATRT |
Yavapai Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of leaves and stems used as a wash for gonorrhea. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261 |
| Larrea tridentata (Sess‚ & Moc. ex DC.) Coville Creosotebush USDA LATRT |
Yavapai Drug, Venereal Aid Whole leaves used on penis for gonorrhea. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261 |
| Larrea tridentata var. tridentata Creosotebush USDA LATRT |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of leaves taken for gonorrhea. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 96, 97 |
| Larrea tridentata var. tridentata Creosotebush USDA LATRT |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of leaves taken for venereal disease. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 96, 97 |
| Ledum palustre L. Marsh Labradortea USDA LEPAD |
Tlingit Drug, Venereal Aid Compound infusion of sprouts and bark taken for syphilis. Krause, Aurel, 1956, The Tlingit Indians. Translated by Erna Gunther, Seattle. University of Washington Press, page 283 |
| Leymus cinereus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. L”ve Basin Wildrye USDA LECI4 |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of mashed roots taken for gonorrhea. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 55 |
| Liatris punctata Hook. Dotted Gayfeather USDA LIPUP |
Meskwaki Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of root used for gonorrhea. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 216 |
| Limonium californicum (Boiss.) Heller California Sealavender USDA LICA5 |
Costanoan Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of plant used for venereal disease. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 11 |
| Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume Northern Spicebush USDA LIBEB |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound decoction of roots taken for gonorrhea and syphilis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 334 |
| Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume Northern Spicebush USDA LIBEB |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Compound poultice of bark applied to lumps that remain after having syphilis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 334 |
| Lobelia cardinalis L. Cardinalflower USDA LOCA2 |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Used for syphilis. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
| Lobelia inflata L. Indian Tobacco USDA LOIN |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Infusion of smashed roots used as wash and poultice for venereal disease sores. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 454 |
| Lobelia siphilitica L. Great Blue Lobelia USDA LOSIS2 |
Cherokee Drug, Venereal Aid Used for syphilis. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28 |
| Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance Fernleaf Buscuitroot USDA LODID2 |
Paiute, Northern Drug, Diuretic Decoction of plant taken to pass water stopped by venereal disease. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 129 |
| Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance Carrotleaf Biscuitroot USDA LODIM |
Paiute Drug, Venereal Aid Simple or compound decoction of root taken for venereal diseases. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100 |
| Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance Carrotleaf Biscuitroot USDA LODIM |
Shoshoni Drug, Venereal Aid Simple or compound decoction of root taken for venereal diseases. Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 97-100 |
| Lonicera canadensis Bartr. ex Marsh. American Fly Honeysuckle USDA LOCA7 |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of shoots taken for chancres caused by syphilis. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 443 |